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CHELTENHAM CRICKET SOCIETY EASTER QUIZ 2021 Compiled by Ken Burney and Paddy Murphy THE ANSWERS
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ROUND 1 (PM) G eneral Cricket K nowledge 1. The late Jack Bannister belonged to a very exclusive bowlers' club. What was it? He had taken 10 wickets in an innings 2. What was broadcaster Isa Guha's prime role as an England Test and ODI player? Fast medium bowler 3. In 2008 v England, 5 Aussie players' surnames began with " H ". Name 4 of them Haddon, Hauritz, Hilfenhaus, Hughes, Hussey 4. Who played in more Tests - Bob Taylor or Jack Russell? Taylor (57). Russell played in 54. 5. On an M.C.C. tour, Denis Compton hit 300 in 3 hours. In which country? South Africa 6. Which Australian state team did Tom Graveney play for in 1970-72? Queensland 7. Who tied a Test match with Australia in 1960? West Indies 8. David Lawrence was Young Cricketer of the Year in 1985. Which previous Gloucestershire player earned this award? David Allen 9. Eight ball overs in Test cricket were the norm until 1979 in 3 countries. Which ones? Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan 10. Who in 1958-9 surpassed Bradman's 452 with an innings of 499 in Karachi? Hanif Mohammed
ROUND 2 (KB) India against England Test series 2021 1. What was the series score? India 3-1 England 2. England scored just one century. Who made it? Joe Root (218) 3. Which England player made 2 fifties but no century? Ben Stokes 4. Who, with 18 wickets, was England's top bowler? Jack Leach 5. Who was the only England bowler to take 5 wickets in an innings? Joe Root (5-8) 6. Which England bowler took the most wickets in a match? Moeen Ali (8-226) 7. Which batsman made the series' highest score with 161? nb Correction post Quiz - Which Indian batsman made the series' highest score with 161? Rohit Sharma 8. Which Indian batsman hit 10 sixes in the series? Rishabh Pant 9. Who took the most wickets in the series with 32? Ravi Ashwin 10. Who took 5 wickets in an innings on 4 occasions? Axar Patel
ROUND 3 (PM) Caribbean cricketers Complete the forenames of the following West Indian players 1. J - Blackwood Jermaine 2. K - Brathwaite Kraigg 3. S - Brooks Shamarh 4. R - Cornwall Rahkeem 5. S - Gabriel Shannon 6. A - Joseph Alzarri 7. K - Roach Kemar 8. D - Ramdin Denesh 9. S - Dowrich Shane 10. M - Cummins Miguel
ROUND 4 (KB) England's top 10 Test match bowlers Below are the numbers of wickets taken by England's leading Test match bowlers. Supply the name that tallies with each one. 1. 614 James Anderson 2. 517 Stuart Broad 3. 383 Ian Botham 4. 325 Bob Willis 5. 307 Fred Trueman 6. 297 Derek Underwood 7. 255 Graham Swann 8. 252 Brian Statham 9. 248 Matthew Hoggard 10. 236 Alec Bedser
ROUND 5 (PM) Personalities of Cricket 1. Did Darren Gough make a first class century? Yes 2. Which South West football club did Ian Botham play for? Yeovil Town 3. Gloucestershire bowler Jack Davey was born in the west country. Was it in Tiverton or Truro? Tiverton 4. Did Frank Tyson play in 9, 17, or 25 Test matches? 17 5. Ian Gould played cricket for England at senor level, but was it in ODI's or Test matches? ODI's 6. Did George Emmett score more first class runs for Glos than Arthur Milton? No 7. Broadcaster Jonathan Agnew was at school in Rutland: at Uppingham or Oakham? Uppingham 8. Name the I.C.C. Womens' Cricketer of the decade, 2011 - 2020. Ellyse Perry 9. Did David Allen play in the same Gloucestershire team as Zaheer Abbas? Yes 10. Name the former England captain who had trials for Arsenal and Q.P.R., and played for one first class county in his career. Mike Gatting
ROUND 6 (KB) Records and feats in Ashes Tests 1. Who were the last 2 successful England Ashes winning captains in Australia? Gatting and Strauss 2. The highest score by an England captain against Australia is 240 - who scored it? Wally Hammond (1938) 3. The highest score by an Australian captain against England is 311 - who made it? Bobby Simpson (1964) 4. On one occasion each, what batting feat has only Denis Compton, Wally Hammond and Herbert Sutcliffe achieved against Australia? A century in each innings of a Test 5. Other than Bradman (3 times), who are the only two Aussies who have scored over 700 runs in a Test series against England? Mark Taylor (839, 1989) and Steve Smith (774, 2019) 6. Two England batsmen have averaged over 100 in a Test series against Australia - name them. Wally Hammond (113.12, 1928/29), Alistair Cook (127.66, 2010/11) 7. Who took a record 46 wickets for England in 1956? Jim Laker 8. Who took a record 42 wickets for Australia in 1981? Terry Alderman 9. Which wicket-keeper has made a record 148 dismissals in his 42 Ashes Tests? Rodney Marsh 10. Which fielder has taken the most catches (54 in 32 Tests)? Ian Botham (Allan Border took 51 in 42 Tests)
ROUND 7 (KB) Gloucestershire in the year 2020 Bob Willis Trophy 1. How many wins, in their 5 games, did GCCC achieve? One 2. Who scored the most runs with 244? Graeme van Buuren 3. Who made the highest score of 92? Chris Dent 4. Who took the most wickets with 17? Ryan Higgins 5. Who had the lowest bowling average of 14.21? David Payne 6. Who was the only bowler to take 10 wickets in a match? Ryan Higgins (11/96 v Warwickshire) 7. Which outfielder took the most catches with 7? George Hankins 8. How many dismissals did wicket-keeper Roderick take in the 5 matches? 12 Vitality Blast 9. Who scored the most runs with 399? Ian Cockbain 10. Which two bowlers each took 16 wickets in 11 matches? Ryan Higgins and David Payne
ROUND 8 (PM) Tie breaker round on General Sport 1. What was horseman Harvey Smith's home county? Yorkshire 2. How many FI podium results did Jenson Button achieve - was it 30, 40 or 50? 50 3. Gillian Gilks represented England and G.B. at which sport? Badminton 4. In which city is Ajax football club based? Amsterdam 5. In which county was rugby international Phil Vickery born? Devon 6. Which men's Track and Field world record has been run in 100.9 seconds? 800 metres 7. Which Swedish golfer came second to Justin Rose in the Rio Olympic Games? Henrik Stenson 8. Who was the sportsman from Clevedon, Somerset, who was the No 1 in his field from 1966 - 1988? David Bryant 9. Name Andy Murray's English partner who won the Silver Medal in the mixed doubles with him in the London Olympics? Laura Robson 10. Which grass-based team game, a major sport in one particular European country, is played with an object called a "sliotar"? Hurling
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